The latest news about Coronavirus outbreak in Iran, including the latest death toll, number of COVID-19 infections, the number of recovered patients, and the measures taken by the government to contain the disease.
Iran’s health minister says he expects the situation concerning the Omicron outbreak improve in the country thanks to the high percentage of vaccination against Covid among Iranians.
Iran has recorded another day of over 200 Coronavirus deaths as it fights the sixth wave of the pandemic, being pushed by the Omicron variant of the virus.
The total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in Iran has surpassed 140,000,000 as the country tries to contain its sixth wave of the outbreak that killed 223 people over the past 24 hours.
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Iran, is gradually driving the daily death toll higher, with more patients diagnosed with COVID-19 being admitted to hospitals countrywide.
Iran’s health officials have updated the number of ‘red’ cities on the color-coded COVID-19 map to 337, up from 247, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus keeps spreading at a lightning speed countrywide.
Infections with COVID-19 have claimed 187 more lives in Iran over the past day, amid predictions by health officials that the Omicron wave of the coronavirus will reach the peak in two weeks.
The director of Tehran’s Crisis Prevention and Management Organization says the number of infections and deaths from Covid’s last strain known as Omicron has doubled.
A senior Iranian health official says observations show the Omicron strain of the coronavirus is able to infect the lungs as well, although it mainly affects the upper respiratory tract.
Iranian scientists have successfully developed a new vaccine customized to target the Omicron variant of coronavirus, with preliminary studies showing 100 percent effectiveness against the strain.
Covid death toll remains high in Iran where the Coronavirus pandemic, now driven into the Omicron strain of the virus, is infecting tens of thousands on a daily basis.
The numbers of Civid-19 infections and deaths are surging in Iran as the country grapples with its sixth wave of the outbreak of the respiratory disease
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has referred to the rapid spread of the Covid 19’s new strain known as Omicron, stressing the need to pay serious attention to preventive measures.
Officials say Iran's Razi Cov Pars COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be more effective than some imported types and there has been demand for it from a number of countries.
The spread of a new variant of the coronavirus known as Omicron has pushed up the number of Iranian cities declared Covid-19 red zones to 247 with no blue (very low risk) cities left in the country.
The director of biotechnology of Iran’s Razi Institute says studies show Razi CovPars Covid-19 vaccine is 2.5 to three times more effective than Sinofarm.
